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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1948
Page
4
Ability to create rain and snow is tested as a potential industrial enterprise. Kansas Corporation Company Snow Inc seeks public capital to spread weather modification via airplanes with weathering chemicals. If profitable, farmers may enjoy bigger crops and new aviation based industrial plants could rival tractors and plows manufacturers.
Readers ask whether to quit school to marry. Dorothy Dix advises work over marriage, warns against marrying before ready, and cautions against forcing college. A follow up bleakly condemns stingy husbands denying wives wages and clothes, urging joint finances yet predicting no change.
The text argues that making up missed work is not the best way to learn. Knowledge comes from persistent, steady effort over time. Illnesses cause absences, but when able to study, students should concentrate consistently to approach tests with confidence.
The Leaders' Bible class at Calvary Methodist met on March 7 at 9 30 a.m. with Bryan Rice presiding. Edwin s Rice led, prayers by William Gosnell and Millard Crum, attendance 45 Reds and 44 Blues, and no one on the sick list. Mrs Braungar and Mrs Sunderkill sang. H Kieffer Delauter presented the lesson All God's Children.
In a March 1895 column the Business Men's Association elected Joseph D. Baker as president, with A. C. McCardell and George S. Roedeck as vice-presidents, Lewis A Rice as secretary, F. B Sappington as corresponding secretary, and G H Zimmerman as treasurer. Also noted are warlike comments from John Albaugh and John Hedges about torpedo boats ready to fire on Spaniards, a bill allowing Brunswick to borrow for a town hall, eggs at 6 cents a dozen, butter at 15 cents, and Edward Simmons with William Feete repainting the Bentz street swing bridge.
Local items from the March 1978 column recount mishaps and transfers. Carl W. of near Ridge suffers damage when a dog or animal triggers a culvert incident on a farm. The Independents prevented fire spread to adjacent properties. Dr and Mrs George Crawford of McKeesport sold their Braddock dwelling to Edward Dodd who will take possession April 1. Emma Newman and Nathan England wed in Washington and left for a south wedding trip.
American born Eamon DeValera lands at Shannon and arrives at LaGuardia to begin a U S visit. He plans a tour of major American cities through early April 6 to participate in St Patrick’s Day events. He serves as Ireland’s prime minister and notes Irish opposition to Communism while aiming to cooperate with other nations as feasible.
Washington Daybook reports Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg delivering a powerful address on the European Recovery Program from the Senate gallery. He praises the program as a beacon for the world and warns against surrendering it, while critics question leadership as Cold War tensions rise. The piece also notes the ongoing civil-military clash over atomic energy, highlighting figures like J. Parnell Thomas, Leslie Groves, and Dr. Edward A. Condon amid investigations and partisan battles.
A Washington column argues liberals once decried committee intrusiveness and later oppose Taft Hartley reforms. It questions constitutional limits on Congress over corporate and union spending, notes Supreme Court precedents, and warns against eroding legislative power amid evolving liberal standards.
James V. Forrestal appointed Donald F. Carpenter to be deputy on atomic energy. Carpenter, a Du Pont munitions executive and Remington Arms director, will chair the military liaison committee with power to veto Commission decisions. Chairman Lilienthal will oversee the new arrangement amid broader postwar controls.
Washington March 8 The CIO and labor researchers urged the Senate to reject the House tax cut measure valued at 6.5 billion dollars. Stanley H Ruttenberg called it a tax steal for the wealthy and a stab in the back for the poor while Russ Nixon described it as camouflaged relief for the needy and urged tax limits to incomes under 5000 annually.
The 40 and 8 group met at the Legion post home in Frederick to discuss continuing aid to state children and orphans. Grand Chef de Gare Charles G. Smith presided with delegates including Thomas E. Williams and Raymond A. Burke. Plans include athletic equipment for institutions and a formal acceptance by Babe Ruth in Baltimore. May 28 guests Guy Land of Clarksdale and other state officers attended.
Central Maryland Frederick and Washington counties today with temperatures in the lower 40s. Tonight clear and colder with lows in the 20s. Tomorrow increasing clouds with moderate temperatures. Garrett and Allegany counties partly cloudy today with a few snow flurries and highs 55 to 40, tonight fair and colder with lows 15 to 20, tomorrow increasing cloudiness and moderate cold.
An amended narrative changes several counts in the $2,000 damage suit filed by local photographer Charles W Roelke against Lieut Frank K Dorsey of the city police. Attorneys Virts and Rosenstock represent Roelke in Circuit Court.
Washington correspondent shows Cyrus S. Ching of the FMCS foresees a third wage round affecting coal steel electrical rubber packinghouse mine mill and smelter workers. He argues unions and employers will settle by bargaining, noting past war lessons and Marshall Plan stakes. He cites current gains in CIO textile and other unions and discusses limits of a wage formula.
H Scott Roop 86 prominent Baltimore Westminster businessman died yesterday in a Baltimore hospital He was admitted about a week ago Roop led the Hampstead Company and the Carlisle Pat Comieal chaired the cemetery event and many friends attended a birthday party for Karon Kai dar with Dr and Mrs Paul Kaliow Sireet and many names listed among attendees and gifts
Today in history and birthdays highlight Simon Cameron Matthew Butler Oliver Wendell Holmes Frederick Goudy Homer Davenport George Gibbs and others with events from 1763 through 1947 including the Stamp Act, Perry opens Japan, the Merrimac and Monitor clash, and the guaranteed annual wage talk.
Major Thomas M. Neal answers reader questions on switching between GI and Public Law 16 benefits, pension eligibility, and housing loans. He notes VA regional office approval for vocational rehab, income tests for widow and service‑connected pensions, and the automatic loan credit under GI Bill for veterans building a home. He also covers muster-out pay deadline, finding approved training institutions, on‑the‑job training earnings, and selling a house bought under the Bill.
A fragmentary note cites a biblical verse from Corinthians about not wronging others and keeping the soul pure. The text references a person named Alexander Smith and reflects on moral conduct and integrity in worldly life.
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